Friday, October 17, 2008

Happy Birthday to Me!

Last night, I celebrated my 28th birthday with my family in Arkansas. My mom thinks I'm too old for family birthday parties, but I think that's crazy. Last year, we didn't have the traditional birthday family get-together and it made me a little sad. So my mom baked me a Vegan Carrot Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting this year to make up for it:

This was soooooo good. It was super-moist and chock full of pecans, carrots, pineapple chunks, and coconut flakes. It may be fall, but this definitely whisked us away to the tropics for a bit. We also had vegan tacos (my family had the meat kind though), but I didn't take pictures because I was too hungry.

My Me-maw, Granny and Pa, mom and dad, and best friend Nathan were all there. I got an iPod from my parents!

I'm a little slow on the technology front, so this is my first MP3 player. I'm so excited! I also got money and a batch of the last summer tomatoes (green and red) from Granny and a cute little light-up fairy box from Me-Maw (I collect fairy stuff).

Tonight, I will celebrate my big day all over again with a Dead Victorian Southern Belle Tea Party. I promise to have pics posted by Sunday!

Hey Bianca!I hope you had a really great little party last night. It sounds faboo. I haven't gotten to celebrate with my family in a long time, and you are lucky someone made you cake--carrot is my favorite--yours looks great.

Today, I went to this little candy shop in town, called "Lucky You." The owner showed me the back courtyard where you can pay to have a birthday party. It was so cute, big bright murals, and picnic tables and shrubs. When the kids come, they play candy games (she has a line running across where she ties lollipops up, and you have to grab them with your teeth), bat at pinatas and decorate cookies. It's $16 a head for 1 1/2 hours and I am VERY tempted to throw myself a veganversary party there in December.

My name is Bianca ...

About Me

I'm an 11-year vegan, 21-year vegetarian from the Mid-South, not too far from the muddy banks of the Mississippi River. And that means cornbread, butter beans, and collard greens.
These days, I live in Memphis. Check out my cookbook — Cookin' Crunk. It's filled with yummilicious veganized soul food and country classics.